He brings three decades sales experience to the Hearst ABC affiliate in Mississippi’s capital city.
WAPT Jackson, Miss., created a video showing the behind-the-scenes of the inner workings of the station so that when their meteorologists, reporters or anchors visit classrooms or give presentations, they can share the inside story of what they do, and how they do it.
The Hearst ABC affiliate in Jackson, Miss., promotes the assistant ND to succeed the departing Rick McLaughlin.
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He will be succeeded as general sales manager at the Hearst ABC affiliate in Mississippi by Ayanna Carver.
Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WAPT Jackson, Miss., reporter Cecil Hannibal has been promoted to the Morning News team as a news anchor. He joins anchor Erin Pickens and meteorologist Adam McWilliams on the Emmy Award-winning weekday morning newscast at 4:30-7. “We’re excited to add Cecil to our morning team,” said WAPT News Director Rick McLaughlin. “During his time […]
Hearst Television’s ABC affiliate WAPT Jackson, Miss., has appointed Moynè Brewton national sales manager, effective June 14. Brewton has more than 10 years of experience in sales team and account management. A graduate of the University of South Florida in Tampa, she began her professional career in the broadcast industry as an account executive for […]
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Hearst Television ABC affiliate WAPT Jackson, Miss. (DMA 95), today named account executive Charles D. Jackson to digital sales manager. “Throughout his career, Charles has been a superstar seller. He has continually performed as one of 16 WAPT’s top digital executives,” says General Sales Manager Peter Keith. “We’re excited to see him apply all his […]
WAPT Jackson Expands Late Newscast To An Hour
Joe Cook Joins WAPT Jackson As Sports Director
Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WAPT Jackson, Miss., has hired Joe Cook as sports director. He will anchor the weekday evening sports segments of the 16 WAPT News and joins the long-running Blitz 16 high school football program on Friday nights. Cook brings an array of experience, including coverage of the Iditarod sled dog race and Midnight Sun Basketball […]
Christana Kay Landress Joins WAPT Weather Team
Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WAPT Jackson, Miss. (DMA 92), has added meteorologist Christana Kay Landress as weekend morning meteorologist. The WAPT weather team is led by chief meteorologist David Hartman and includes meteorologists Kara James and Adam McWilliams. Landress is an AP Award winner (Best College Weathercast) and graduate of Mississippi State University, where she is […]
Rick McLaughlin Named WAPT News Director
Hearst promotes the assistant news director of its WESH Orlando, Fla., to lead its news team in Jackson, Miss.
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WAPT Jackson Expands Saturday Late News
Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WAPT Jackson, Miss. (DMA 92), is expanding its Saturday 10 p.m. newscast. Starting Jan. 19, 16 WAPT News at 10 p.m. will air until 11:05, providing a full hour of local news, weather and sports. WAPT says it will be the only station in the Central Mississippi television market to produce a […]
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Peter Keith Joins WAPT As Gen. Sales Mgr.
He returns to the Hearst ABC affiliate in Jackson, Miss., after spending the past two years at co-owned WVTM Birmingham, Ala.
Yve Jones Named WAPT News Director
Hearst’s Jackson, Miss., ABC affiliate WAPT has named Yve Jones news director. She begins at the station Jan. 4, joining from KHBS-KHOG Ft. Smith, Ark., where she has been assistant news director.
Mississippi Reporting Legend Bert Case Dies
The longtime Hearst Television news executive is tapped to succeed the retiring Stuart Kellogg as VP-GM of the group’s ABC affiliate in Mississippi.
The leader of Hearst’s ABC affiliate since 1991 will retire at year’s end, following 40 years in television that began while still a student at Syracuse University.
Brittany Bell Joins WAPT As Meteorologist
Hearst Television’s ABC affiliate WAPT Jackson, Miss. (DMA 93), has added meteorologist Brittany Bell to its weekend evening newscasts. Bell joins WAPT from Hearst’s KHBS-KHOG duopoly in Fort Smith-Rogers, Ark. She is a graduate of Mississippi State.
Hearst Names New NDs At WYFF, WAPT
Bruce Barkley will head its WYFF Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson-Asheville’ news operations and will be succeeded as news chief at WAPT Jackson, Miss., by Ben Hart.
Keegan Foxx Joins WAPT Morning News
Hearst Television-owned ABC affiliate WAPT Jackson, Miss. (DMA 93), has added Keegan Foxx as co-anchor with Megan West and meteorologist Ethan Huston on weekday mornings from 4:30 to 7 a.m. Foxx is a native of South Mississippi and an Ole Miss graduate. She comes to Jackson from Tupelo, Miss., where she co-anchored the morning news […]
Jackson Online Media Scores With Football
In Mississippi’s capital, the city’s local online media players are taking advantage of the region’s love for high school and college football to drive traffic to their websites.
Hearst Television’s ABC affiliate WAPT Jackson, Miss. (DMA 90), is adding new talent to its morning news desk. Travell Eiland is joining Megan West as coâ€Âanchor of 16WAPT News This Morning on Aug. 16. Previously he was an investigative reporter for WBBH Fort Myers, Fla. He has also worked at stations in Sarasota, Fla., and […]
The Hearst ABC affiliate in Jackson, Miss., adds weekend morning newscasts at 6 and 8
